Fetal cystic hygroma is characterized by the buildup of abnormal lymph fluid located in a part of the baby’s body identified on ultrasound during pregnancy. Treatment may be surgical or sclerotherapy depending on your baby’s severity and condition.
Diagnosis of fetal cystic hygroma may be made by a test called nuchal translucency in the first, second, or third trimesters of pregnancy.
- Often.
- The presence of fetal cystic hygroma is related to Turner syndrome.
- Down syndrome or Edward syndrome.
- Which are genetic diseases that cannot be cured.
- But there are cases where there is no genetic syndrome involved.
- This anomaly being only an alteration of the lymph Ganglion Vessels located in the baby’s neck.
But these babies are more likely to have heart, circulatory or skeletal diseases.
Fetal cystic hygroma is usually treated with a local injection of Ok432, a drug that reduces the size of the cyst, eliminating it almost completely in a single application.
However, because it is not known exactly what causes the tumor and therefore cannot be removed, the cyst may reappear some time later, requiring additional treatment.
When the cyst is located in important structures such as the brain or very close to vital organs, the risk/benefit of surgery for tumor removal should be evaluated, however, in most cases, cystic hygroma occurs in the posterior area of the tumor. neck, an area that can be easily treated without leaving sequelae.